A separate quarter was minted for each of the 50 states. The head of each coin had the familiar portrait of George Washington, while the tail featured a design related to a particular state.

Fast-forward two millennia and the paintwork has long since faded, giving rise to a range of colourless copycats that would ...

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the American artist Charles Willson Peale painted a portrait of George Washington, depicting the president after an American victory over the British at the 1777 Battle of Princeton. Peale made ...

Set in an ornate gold frame, the criminal booking photo was in close proximity to portraits of Founding Fathers, including first President George Washington, and the only president to serve more ...

Set in an ornate gold frame, the criminal booking photo was in close proximity to portraits of Founding Fathers, including first President George Washington, and the only president to serve more than ...

Some people are starting to take President Trump for granite. A Republican congresswoman is calling for the new commander in chief to be carved into the historic Mount Rushmore alongside fellow ...

Susannah George is The Washington Post's Gulf bureau chief, based in Dubai, where she leads coverage of the oil-rich monarchies of the Persian Gulf and their neighbor, Iran. She previously spent ...